Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
About Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Bannekerwas an African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.
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Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731-1806)
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731-1806)
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731-1806)
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer (1731-1806)